The British Journal of Politics & International Relations

To download articles which have won the BJPIR best paper award, simply click on the article titles below.

2010 winner
Let me tell the story straight on: Middelmarch, Process tracing methods and the politics of narrative
Timothy Ruback

2009 winner
Assessing the Debate, Assessing the Damage: Transatlantic Relations after Bush
David Hastings Dunn

2008 winner
Pluralism and the Pathos of Distance (or How to Relax with Style): Connolly, Agonistic Respect and the Limits of Political Theory
David Owen

2007 winner
The European Disunion
Andrew Gamble

2006 winner
The World Bank, governance and theories of political action in Africa
Graham Harrison

2005 winner
Celebrity Politicians: Popular Culture and Political Representation
John Street

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FREE online access to key articles recently published in BJPIR:

Mind the Gap: Political Analysis, Public Expectations and the Parliamentary Decline Thesis
Matthew Flinders and Alexandra Kelso
Matthew Fllinders and Alexandre Kelso argue that the constant promotion and reinforcement of the caricature of the parliamentary decline thesis by scholars perpetuates and fuels public disengagement and disillusionment with politics.

Rethinking Britain's Role in the World for a New Decade: The Limits of Discursive Therapy and the Promise of Field Theory
David M. McCourt
David McCourt advocates field theory, as an approach to studying Britain’s role in world politics, which enables a move beyond the level of discourse to the structure of British foreign policy knowledge and expertise creation

'Let Me Tell the Story Straight On': Middlemarch, Process-Tracing Methods and the Politics of Narrative
Timothy Rubak
Here, Timothy Ruback, calls for IR scholars to be as careful and as self critical in the language they use in narrating their research findings, as they are in their choice of research methods.

'Mother’s Boy': David Cameron and Margaret Thatcher
Stephen Evans
In this article, Stephen Evans argues that David Cameron has been more heavily influenced by Margaret Thatcher than it sometimes appears.

Does one Trust Judgement Fit All? Linking Theory and Empirics
Justin Fisher, Jennifer Van Heerde, and Andrew Tucker
Justin Fisher et al argue that the trust judgements reached by citizens on political institutions vary in accordance with activity and institution.

BJPIR has now adopted ScholarOne Manuscripts, for online manuscript submission and peer review. The new system brings with it a whole host of benefits including:

- Quick and easy submission
- Administration centralised and reduced
- Significant decrease in peer review times

From now on all submissions to the journal must be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/BJPIR. Full instructions and support are available on the site and a user ID and password can be obtained on the first visit.

We are delighted to offer a full videocast of the 2010 Political Studies Association and Hansard Society Annual Lecture given by the Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP. To download the videocast, simply click on the picture.